Re: Help w/ naming module

[email protected] (Diab Jerius)
Newsgroups perl.module-authors
Message-ID <CADpyd5Bua0JZsM2juvnnx2rXC+xNkzdStZBCMPWtHwhND2nduA@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Diab Jerius <[email protected]>
wrote:
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> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Michael Greb <[email protected]>
wrote:
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>> On 09/20, Diab Jerius wrote:
>> > I've written a module[1] to scratch an itch, namely easily wrapping
hashes
>> > returned from subroutines as objects[2].
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>> > I've named it Return::Object, based on my particular use case, but I'm
>> > finding it useful for more general wrapping of hashes, hence my quest
for a
>> > more general name for it.
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>> There seems to be a fair number of not directly connected modules under
the
>> Data::Hash namespace.  I think placing your module alongside these makes
sense
>> so something like Data::Hash::AsObject, Data::Hash::Object, or the like
 may
>> be fitting.
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>> Mike Greb
>> mikegrb
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> Here's my current list of "almost but not quite" modules:
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> Object::Result
> Hash::AsObject
> Data::AsObject
> Class::Hash
> Hash::Inflator
> Hash::AutoHash
> Hash::Objectify
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> I'll look at the Data::Hash namespace and see what's there for comparison.
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According to CPAN, the Data::Hash namespace only has four modules (!?).
That's a surprise.

Data::Hash::DotNotation
Data::Hash::Transform
Data::Hash::Totals
Data::Hash::Flatten
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